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New Pre-Mounts From Pro-Line Racing
We really like pre-mounted tires around the office, they save us a bunch of time and work and they keep Brian from gluing his fingers together. Pro-Line is in the business of making lives easier so they’ve announced a bunch of new pre-mounted tire/wheel combo’s. First up are their new Shockwave 3.8″ pre-mounts. These feature their new Shockwave tires mounted up [...]
- 5/21/2013
- 2:31 pm
- New Products
Pro-Line - By: Tim Mohr
FX Royal Racing Nitro Engines
There is a new nitro engine company on the scene and it is called FX Royal Racing Engines. The man behind the company is Juraj Hudy who is best known for his work at X-Ray. FX Engines will be producing product targeted at the uber high end competition scene, but we know plenty of bashers who only buy “the best” [...]
Driven Productions Shock Towers for Losi Mini 8ight
The latest products from the guys over at TheToyz and Driven Productions are new shock towers for the Losi Mini 8ight buggy. The new towers are not only better than stock but their biggest advantage is they allow the use of different body mounting posts, thus making it easy to mount up all sorts of cool bodies to your buggy. The [...]
Event Coverage – Show Me Scalers Top Truck Challenge
Driving scale trucks is huge right now so Cubby and I decided to hit the Show Me Scalers Top Truck Challenge. The event was put on by the ShowMeScalers.com crew and consisted of three events – rock course, mud bog, and truck pull. The pulling event ended up getting cancelled, but for a good reason, the turnout was so big [...]
- 5/20/2013
- 2:40 pm
- Events
miscellaneous - By: Tim Mohr
ParkZone Focke-Wulf FW-190A-8 BNF Basic
We’ve all had those days, the type that leave you needing to blow off some steam when you get home from work. Horizon Hobby has just announced their new ParkZone Focke-Wulf FW-190A-8 airplane, a perfect plane to get into a dogfight with your buddies and forget all about your bad day at the office. The Focke-Wulf is an exceptionally detailed warbird [...]
Review – ProTek 7.4v 2S 100C 5600 mah Lipo Battery Review
THE ProTek 2S 100C 5600 mah Lipo Battery ReviewThe rc world is still dominated by electric power and that doesn’t look to be changing any time soon. That fact means that nearly every hobbyist is going to need a good battery pack for his truck. Today we’ll be putting the hammer down on the latest Lipo battery from ProTek, a [...]
- 5/20/2013
- 11:06 am
- Accessory Reviews
ProTek - By: Cubby
New Pro-Line Scale Accessory Packs
Scaler trucks keep on growing in popularity and the Pro-Line crew keeps coming up with cool products for them. Pro-Line has just announced three new scale accessory packs for you guys that like your rigs to look perfectly scale authentic. All the accessory packs are incredibly detailed to take your trucks scale realism to the next level, and they look great [...]
- 5/20/2013
- 9:31 am
- New Products
Pro-Line - By: Tim Mohr
THE Cub Report, 05.20.2013, Version- Give ‘Em Enough Rope
Happy Monday everyone and thanks for tuning in to another Cub Report, my weekly smack talk on the world of rc. Holly mackerel, RV2 pwn’ed the field at the 2013 opener of the motocross nationals over the weekend. RC and Bubba have had perfect outdoor seasons in the past and the way Ryan rode on Saturday it looks like he simply [...]
Pro-Line Rat Rod Prize Pack Winner
Last week we asked our readers to send in pictures of their 1/18th Scale Revo type vehicles for to enter to win an awesome prize pack from Pro-Line Racing, and as usual, our readers did not disappoint! Thanks again to Pro-Line Racing for the awesome Rat Rod prize pack, and thanks to all of our readers who sent in [...]
LEGO 1/7th Scale RC Caterham
Spotted this over at TheAwesomer.com. It’s a completely home built and amazingly detailed RC Lego Caterham in 1/7th scale. It has disc brakes, 5 speed + reverse, full suspension and the engineering underneath is mind blowing. Even the controller is built from scratch. If your a detail nut, or a LEGO fan, check out the video.
Pro-Line SHOCKWAVE 3.8″ Tires for Monster Truck
The Pro-Line crew has just released a teaser for their new ShockWave monster truck tires. If you are serious about bashing your monster truck, a set of these has to be on your wishlist. The ShockWaves are designed for Traxxas style 3.8″ rims and will also be available as pre-mounts on black Pro-Line F-11 wheels with 17mm hexes. More information will [...]
Kyosho Comic Racer Mini-Z Subaru WRX
Our friends over at HobbyMedia.it have been busy covering the Shizuoka show this week. One of the coolest new products at the show has to be the Kyosho Comic Racer. The Comic Racer comes with a greatly exaggerated, cartoon like body, making it look much like the Car Town vehicles found on Facebook. The platform under the Comic Racer is [...]
- 5/17/2013
- 9:11 am
- Kyosho
New Products - By: Tim Mohr
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ASK Cub Reporter, 05.16.2013, Version- Legit Questions, Snot…
Cubby – First off I would like to add some info/data to the answer I gave Dave B in last weeks ASK Cubby. Dave’s email basically said that “C” ratings on Lipo batteries seem to be a bit shady, and well, you need to read LAST WEEKS COLUMN to see how I replied. A bit over a year we reviewed a [...]
MIP Race Duty Aluminum CVD’s for Traxxas
MIP continues to unleash cool new products, their latest is Race Duty Aluminum CVD’s for select Traxxas vehicles. The Race Duty CVD bones are made out of aluminum, thus saving weight and reducing rotating mass. Less rotating mass yields quicker acceleration and longer run-times, something everyone is looking for. Steel is used for the out-drives and axles for increased durability. [...]
Losi 1/5th 5ive-t Race Roller
Today brings some “Big” news from the crew over at Losi, they are now selling their very popular 5th scale 5ive-T in a race roller form. Selling the 5ive-T as a race roller is great for people who want to use their own motor and electronics or for people wanting to save some cash up front and finish their truck [...]
- 5/16/2013
- 9:54 am
- Losi
New Products - By: Tim Mohr
